Torny


Torny households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

No Torny households in Griffith's.

Surname Dictionary

Ó Torna Torney: líon beag: an Dún & rl. Níl aon eolas faois na h-Ultaigh seo ach tá Dorney le fáil i gCorcaigh agus Mainistir Ó dTorna i gCiarraí. Sa Sloinnteoir Gaeilge tá Ó Torna ar Torney agus Ó Doirinne ar Dorney, ar aon dul le tuairim de Bhulbh. Is cosúil go dtagann ón ainm Torna, ainm a bhí clú an léinn ag baint leis mar gheall ar Torna Éigeas, an file a mhair sa 5 céad, de réir an t-seanchais.
Torney Quite numerous: Belfast-Down. Ir. Ó Tórna. Apparently quite separate from Dorney, q.v.
Turney rare: Down etc. English, from French place-name; so of Norman origin.

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